Table 1.
PediQUEST Survey Versions (according to age group of respondents) and Respondents (parent or self-report)
| Survey Characteristic | PQ-MSAS Versions |
PedsQL4.0 Versions |
Sickness |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent |
Self-Report |
Parent |
Self-Report |
Parent |
Self-Report |
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| Full Proxy | Supplemental Proxy 7-12* | 7-12 | 13-18 | 2-4 | 5-7 | 8-12 | 13+ | 5-7 | 8-12 | 13+ | VAS | Faces | VAS | |
| No. of items | 24 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Response options | L-5 | L-4 | L-4 | L-5 | L-5 | L-5 | L-5 | L-5 | FS-3 | L-5 | L-5 | VAS | FS-3 | VAS |
| Age group/respondent | ||||||||||||||
| 2-4 years | ||||||||||||||
| Parent | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| 5-6 years | ||||||||||||||
| Child + parent | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Parent | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| 7 years | ||||||||||||||
| Child + parent | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Parent | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| 8-12 years | ||||||||||||||
| Child + parent | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Parent | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| ≥ 13 years | ||||||||||||||
| Teen | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| Parent | X | X | X | |||||||||||
NOTE. The table shows versions of the PediQUEST surveys administered (columns), according to survey length, number of response options, and age of the child and respondent (rows). Parents of children age 2 to 4 years answered the Full Proxy version. If child was age 5 to 12 years and chose to self-report, parents answered PQ-MSAS (Full Proxy and/or Supplemental Proxy) and the Sickness question. A research assistant read questionnaires out loud for children age 5 to 7 years. All other surveys for children age ≥ 8 years and all parents were self-administered. Proxy versions were in place to enable parents to respond when a child/teen did not want to or was unable to answer questions. Equivalence across all PediQUEST survey versions was assumed.
Abbreviations: FS-3, 3-point Faces scale; L-4, 4-option Likert type; L-5, 5-option Likert type; PedsQL4.0, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales; PQ-MSAS, PediQUEST-Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale; VAS, 100-mm Visual Analog Scale.
Parent Supplemental Proxy, PediQUEST survey used in children age 7 to 12 years. These children answered a shorter version of the PediQUEST survey, and parents were asked to complete the supplemental version, which included PQ-MSAS items that were not available in the child self-report version to allow for consistent measurement across the entire age range.